Addition Of The Bill Of Rights On the 15th of December in 1791, the first ten amendments were officially ratified and added to the Constitution of the United States. These first ten amendments are often known as the “Bill Of Rights.” Introduced in 1789 by James Madison, the Bill Of Rights in an imperative document that states some of the most fundamental liberties that we have today. It consists of basic rights like the freedom of speech, press, religion and the freedom to bear arms in order to maintain a well regulated militia. The bill of rights was added to the Constitution to prevent governmental abuse, to satisfy the needs of the Anti-Federalists, and most importantly to protect the basic rights of citizens and preserve state power. Thomas Jefferson the first ever president of the United States once said, “A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.” The interpretation of this quote is that there are a certain amount of rights which are entitled to the people that even the government can’t take away. The Bill Of Rights is a document that consists of these rights.
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Alexander Hamilton was a federalist that did not approve of a bill of rights. He thought it was unnecessary, out of context and lethal. One of the sources say, “Hamilton further warned that a bill of rights would be not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous. He reasoned that the inclusion of a bill of rights might be implied as a grant to the federal government of a regulatory power over these rights. It would give men disposed to usurp a plausible pretense for claiming that power.” (Vanyo) Hamilton thought that the Bill Of Rights would give too much power to the citizens and the citizens will abuse the power.
History has seen the effects of a strong central government several …show more content…
Alexander Hamilton was a federalist that did not approve of a bill of rights. He thought it was unnecessary, out of context and lethal. One of the sources say, “Hamilton further warned that a bill of rights would be not only unnecessary in the proposed Constitution, but would even be dangerous. He reasoned that the inclusion of a bill of rights might be implied as a grant to the federal government of a regulatory power over these rights. It would give men disposed to usurp a plausible pretense for claiming that power.” (Vanyo) Hamilton thought that the Bill Of Rights would give too much power to the citizens and the citizens will abuse the power.